Desire nothing for yourself, which you do not desire for others.
BARUCH SPINOZAMen govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more than their words.
More Baruch Spinoza Quotes
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Nature offers nothing that can be called this man’s rather than another’s; but under nature everything belongs to all.
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Nothing in Nature is random. A thing appears random only through the incompleteness of our knowledge.
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He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
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No matter how thin you slice it, there will always be two sides.
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Freedom is self-determination.
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Sadness diminishes a man’s powers.
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If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.
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The most tyrannical of governments are those which make crimes of opinions, for everyone has an inalienable right to his thoughts.
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There can be no hope without fear, and no fear without hope.
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I have striven not to laugh at human actions, not to weep at them, nor to hate them, but to understand them.
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The endeavor to understand is the first and only basis of virtue.
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What everyone wants from life is continuous and genuine happiness.
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Blessed are the weak who think that they are good because they have no claws.
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I have made a ceaseless effort not to ridicule, not to bewail, not to scorn human actions, but to understand them.
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Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more than their words.
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